Roreivadl AON 2 71984 FACULTY SENATE January 26, 1984 EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 27834 OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR TO: Members of the Board of Trystees ‘feck pf FROM: Dr. John M. gover. AF f Attached are two Faculty Senate resolutions relating to faculty salaries and one that I propose for your consideration. One of the Faculty Senate resolutions is directed to the UNC System Faculty Assembly and it calls for a specific salary increment. The other, urges me to convey to you the faculty's deep concern in these matters and requests your support of a fair salary increment for the faculty in 1984-85. I share this concern and I am especially sensitive to the possibility that current emphasis on the salary needs of public school personnel can result in University personnel's being overlooked. University personnel have suffered the same salary freezes or low raises that the public school people have suffered. If they are now slighted in the interest of higher raises for public school personnel, they will be in a very bad comparative salary situation. The Faculty Senate has appropriately limited its resolution to faculty salaries. As I present a resolution for your consideration, I have broadened it to include all University personnel. As you know, the raises for EPA and SPA personnel have been comparable in the past. The resolution that I have drafted for your consideration relies on the rationale of the two Faculty Senate documents and ends with a new resolution paragraph. I hope that the Executive Committee and the Board can act on this resolu- tion on February 17. JMH/ra enclosures East Carolina University is a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina for Board of Truste Resolution from the Faculty Senate Concerning Faculty Salaries Faculty Senate Meeting January 24, 1984 James LeRoy Smith WHEREAS, North Carolina ranks 45th in the United States in average salaries for the top three academic ranks for male professors, with female professors averaging only 84% of that male average,* and WHEREAS, average salar¥ . in North Carolina public colleges and universi- ties across all ranks (both genders) 1s lower than that average in the South Atlantic states, which in turn is lower than that average in the United States, ** and WHEREAS, the percent change in the Consumer Price Index since 1967 is 280%, while the percent change in the average faculty salary (assuming average merit increments during years when merit incre- ments were available} is 225%, such that Significant erosion of real salary has occurred, both in real terms and relative to Other public institutions in the South Atlantic states and in the United States, *** and between 1971-72 and 1981-82, national] faculty salary levels have fallen behind subs antially in comparison with those in the pri- vate sector, faculty real salaries having declin@ed by 20.5% as opposed to 4.3% for the private sector, **** and WHEREAS, the faculty members at East Carolina University have continued to be productive in making significant contributions to this region and this state even in the face of this continued salary erosion, and WHEREAS, the best younger and senior faculty cannot be expected to come to or remain in a professional context where financial reward is not consistent with the economic health of the immediate and broader society that they so valuably serve, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Chancellor Howell to convey to th concern in these matters and rec as they can support for a fair sala “The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 18, 1984, p. 21. **from the National Center for Education Statistics (HEGIS NCES Form 2300- 3). These data are also used for the purpose of the AAUP Annual Report on the Status of the Profession. Prepared by Maryse Eymonerie Associates, McLean, Virginia 22101. ***Employment and Training Report of the President, 1982. Washington, D.C. GPO, and records on salary increments from the Office of the Vice- Chancellor for Academic Affairs, East Carolina University. ****Academe, July-August, 1983, Volume 69, ety 4, p. 1. 1\)St yy : AN EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITS Board of Trustees RESOLUTION WHEREAS, North Carolina ranks 45th in the United States in average salaries for the top three academic ranks for male professor 7 professors averaging only 84% of that male avera WHEREAS, average salary in North Carolina public colleges and uni across all ranks (both genders) is lower than that aver South Atlantic states, which in turn is lower than that average the United States, ** and WHEREAS, the percent change in the Consumer Price Index since 1967 is 280%, While the percent change in the average faculty salary (assuming average merit increments during years when merit increments were available) is 225%, such that significant erosion of real salary has occurred, both in real terms and relative to other public institutions in the South Atlantic states and in the United States, *** and between 1971-72 and 1981-82, national faculty salary levels have fallen behind substantially in comparison with those in the private sector, faculty real salaries having declined by 20.5% as opposed to 4.3% for the private sector, **** and WHEREAS, the faculty members at East Carolina University have continued to be productive in making significant contributions to this region and this state even in the face of this continued salary erosion, and WHEREAS, the best younger and senior faculty cannot be or remain in a professional context where fi consistent with the ec society that they so valuably THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the East Carolina University Boa; Supports a fair salary increment for faculty members University personnel for 1984-85. *The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 18, 1984, p. 21. ie **from the National Center for Education Statistics (HEGIS NCES Form 2300-3). These data are also used for the purpose of the AAUP Annual Report on the Status of the Profession. Prepared by Maryse Eymonerie Associates, McLean, Virginia 22101. ***Employment and Training Report of the President, 1982. Washington, D.C. GPO, and records on salary increments from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, East Carolina University. ****Academe, July-August, 1983, Volume 69, Number 4, p. l. John M. Howell Chancellor for The Faculty Assembly Resolution from the Faculty Senate Concerning Faculty Salaries Faculty Senate Meeting January 24th, 1984 James LeRoy Smith WHEREAS, North Carolina ranks 45th in the United States in average salaries for the top three academic ranks for male professors, with female professors averaging only 84% of that male average,* and WHEREAS, average salary in North Carolina public colleges and universi- ties across all ranks (both genders) is lower than that average in the South Atlantic states, which in turn is lower than that average in the United States, ** and WHEREAS, the percent change in the Consumer Price Index since 1967 is 280%, while the percent change in the average faculty salary (assuming average merit increments during years when merit in- crements were available) is 225%, such that significant erosion of rea) salary has occurred, both in real terms and relative to other public institutions in the South Atlantic states and in the United States, *** and WHEREAS, between 1971-72 and 1981-82, national faculty salary levels have fallen behind substantially in comparison with those in the private sector, faculty real salaries having declin@ed by 20,5% aS opposed to a 4.3% for the private sector, **** and WHEREAS, faculty members of the University have continued to be product= tive in making significant contributions to this state even in the face of this continued salary erosion, and WHEREAS, the best younger and sentor faculty cannot be expected to come to or remain in a professional context where financial reward is not consistent with the economic health of the immediate and broader society that they so valuably serve, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Assembly of the University of North Carolina urges President Friday and the General Administration to convey to the Board of Governors and to the General Assembly the faculty's deep concern In these matters and requests that the Board of Governors seek an across the increment for merit recommendations for EPA personnel of the University for board cost of living incrememt of no less than 15% and an additional 7: ae 1984-85, and Be 1a, FURTHER RESOLVED that the Faculty Assembly urges President Friday and the General] Administration to seek additional funds to eliminate the disparities between male and female faculty salaries. *The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 18, 1984, p. 21. een Smee reat poem nn **National Center for Education Statistics (HEGIS NCES Form 2300-3). These data are also used for the purpose of the AAUP Annual Report on the Status of the Profession. Prepared by MAryse Eymonerie Associates in McLean, Virginia, 2219}. ***Employment and Training Report of the President, 1982. Washington, GPO and records on salary increments, Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, East Carol|na Lnivefs ixy. \ i 1A * e KAP. 1. , }